undetectable

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adjective

Unable to be detected; not detectable.

“Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U)”

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

adjectiveundetectable (comparative more undetectable, superlative most undetectable)

comparative more undetectable · superlative most undetectable

  1. Unable to be detected; not detectable.

    Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U)

    4 more examples

    In these days of “rolled” gold, electro-plate, and undetectable pearls, it is curious that almost the only honest Ersatz material known to the goldsmith's art should be utterly forgotten.

    1923, Arthur Michael Samuel, “Pinchbeck”, in The Mancroft Essays, page 164

    A trial of scar may be justified in a woman with a previous cesarean section who is currently on HAART, has an undetectable virus and spontaneously goes into labor.

    2012, Jyoti Dhar, “A Guide to the Clinical Care of Pregnant Women with HIV”, in Mamatha M Lala, Rashid H Merchant, editors, Principles of Perinatal and Pediatric HIV/AIDS, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, →ISBN, page 317

    “OK, so for a few weeks I've been working on a bit of a side project. I give you the Red Kriegtober.” “Um--” “Or the Red Octkrieger. I can't decide. It's a narco sub for transporting cocaine. It's totally undetectable by the Coast Guard. Thoughts?”

    2014 March 24, Adam Reed, “On the Carpet” (17:49 from the start), in Archer, season 5, episode 9, spoken by Dr. Algernop Krieger (Lucky Yates)

    Some forms of data poisoning are undetectable. Attackers can insert adversarial noise into the training data, altering the training data in a way that is hidden to human observers.

    2023, Paul Scharre, Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN

    Synonyms: indetectable

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveUnable to be detected; not detectable.

Opposite

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot easily seen

adjectivebarely able to be perceived

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishdetect
  9. Englishdetectable
  10. Englishundetectable

From un- + detectable.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian неоткриваем
  • неоткриваем (neotkrivaem)Unable to be detected
Finnish ei havaittavissa
  • ei havaittavissaUnable to be detected
French indétectable
  • indétectableUnable to be detected
Italian non rilevabile
  • non rilevabileUnable to be detected
Polish nieodczuwalny, niewykrywalny
  • nieodczuwalnyUnable to be detected
  • niewykrywalnyUnable to be detected
Portuguese indetectável, indetetável
  • indetectávelUnable to be detected
  • indetetávelUnable to be detected
Romanian nedetectabil
  • nedetectabilUnable to be detected
Spanish indetectable
  • indetectableUnable to be detected
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